Killing God - Chapter 264

Chapter 264 Profound Flame Fruit
The surrounding ground was in a mess. Black blood flowed everywhere. Shen Shi stood up with Little Hei in his arms. He walked a bit further and found a clean place to squat at the edge of the forest on the hillside. After carefully placing Little Hei on the ground, he began to carefully examine Little Hei’s injuries.

During this time, Xiao Hei had always been very quiet, almost without any struggle or twisting. Of course, judging from its miserable appearance, it was very likely that Xiao Hei did not have the strength to move at all. Shen Shi inspected Xiao Hei’s body. Soon, his brows furrowed. Xiao Hei had some external injuries, but it should be due to its innate thick armor talent and incomparably tough skin and flesh. Those external injuries didn’t seem to be a big problem. The most deadly thing right now was the strange black blood that was still oozing out of its mouth, nose, and eyes. Although the speed of the black blood flowing out was much faster than before, Little Black was also about to lose his patience.

What kind of poison was this? The poison was actually so powerful?

Shen Shi gritted his teeth. When he took Blackie out on an adventure, He had also encountered quite a few demonic beasts with poisonous bodies, but ordinary poisons were almost completely ineffective against Xiao Hei. Even the thousand year old Corpse King that he had encountered in Soul Suppressing Abyss spat out a mouthful of poisonous corpse poison on Xiao Hei’s face, causing him to feel unwell for a while before carrying it over as if nothing had happened. From this, it could be seen that Little Black’s resistance to poisons was extremely high after his bloodline mutated. However, this unknown poison was able to poison Little Black to the brink of death. Clearly, it was no ordinary thing. It was likely that it had a great background.

For a moment, Shen Shi felt somewhat regretful that he had attacked too heavily and too quickly just now. He had directly killed those three cultivators. Otherwise, he might even be able to force them to bring over some antidotes. However, this thought only flashed through his mind. In the situation just now, the three cultivators on the other side were all at the Origin Condensation Realm that were at the same level as him. The little one among them had a higher cultivation level, and he might even have reached the intermediate stage of the Origin Condensation Realm. The moment Shen Shi arrived, he hurted the killer. One of them was obviously furious when he saw Little Hei being tortured to death. The other was clearly aware that if he hesitated a little and brought the three cultivators back to their senses, most likely he would be the one to die.

He couldn’t help but think about the dangers of the lightning and flint.

Shen Shi had been reading extensively since he was young and had grown up on the first floor of the Heavens. He was extremely experienced in all kinds of spirit materials, However, they did not understand the sinister and strange things like poison. In fact, poison techniques were always a remote and dangerous path in the Primordial Chaos Cultivation World. Few cultivators dabbled in it. Anyone who was contaminated with poison techniques was often thought to be a demon and would be surrounded by righteous cultivators.

Looking at Xiao Hei’s appearance, Shen Shi hesitated for a moment before turning his gaze back. He stood up and walked to the side of the three dead people, carefully searching them. Neither Jie Feiguang nor the vicious-looking cultivator had much on them. Apart from a few scattered spiritual materials, the most important thing was the dozens of spiritual crystals that a cultivator needed. On the other hand, on the last small cultivator, Shen Shi found a bag of holding.

This Ruyi bag looked about the size of a palm. Although its style and color were slightly different from the Ruyi bag on Shen Shi’s body, its size was almost the same. Shen Shi was also refreshed. The people who could store magical artifacts weren’t too bad. It seemed that this person was the leader of the three of them, so the antidote he was looking for should have landed on this person.

With this thought in his heart, Shen Shi did not hesitate. After checking that there was no restriction on the Ruyi bag, he sank his spiritual sense into it and began to search carefully.

A moment later, Shen Shi’s expression suddenly turned ugly. With a shake of his hand, six or seven small bottles of varying sizes appeared in front of him. There were plenty of liquid, plenty of powder, and some strange pills that were green and black in color. The smell they emitted was also fishy and unpleasant. However, it was impossible to tell which one of them might be the antidote to the poison Little Hei was poisoned with, or it might actually be filled with poison. There was no antidote at all.

Shen Shi stared fixedly at the small bottles. After a while, he suddenly grabbed them all and ran back to Little Hei with the Ruyi bag. Then, he placed all the bottles in front of Little Hei’s head and whispered, “Little Hei, can you smell which one is the antidote?”

Little Black’s head slightly moved, but he didn’t have any more movements or reactions.

Shen Shi’s gaze quickly landed on its nose, which was still bleeding. His heart ached. After pondering for a moment, he put away the bottles of poison or pills and said to Little Black, “Lay down here properly. I’ll go … search the forest on this mountain to see if there is any chance of finding a life-saving herb or two that can detoxify the poison.”

As he spoke, the expression on his face was miserable, and a faint look of despair could be seen on his face. Not to mention that he wasn’t good at searching for and gathering spiritual herbs, in the past, he relied on Little Hei’s excellent sense of smell to find spiritual herbs. This mountain forest was so vast and lush, and the vegetation was luxuriant. Wanting to quickly find any spiritual herbs inside was no different from searching for a needle in a haystack. Even if he was lucky enough to be able to find the spiritual herb in an instant, it was still unclear if the spiritual herb had any detoxifying effects. Even if the poison could really be detoxified, it was another matter that was unpredictable whether it would be effective against the nameless poison Little Hei was exposed to.

Such a slim hope was almost equivalent to declaring that Little Hei would undoubtedly die. However, looking at the black pig that had been relying on him for many years, Shen Shi refused to give up no matter what. He gritted his teeth and stood up to search for spiritual herbs in the mountain forest.

However, just as he was about to turn around, he suddenly felt some movement beneath his feet. He lowered his head and saw that Little Black’s hoof was stretching over weakly. It even trembled slightly and lightly touched his ankle.

Shen Shi’s heart trembled. He lowered his body and touched its head. Just as he was about to comfort Little Hei, he was suddenly stunned. He saw a herb lying on the ground beside Little Hei’s head.

He was stunned for a moment, and even suspected that he was a little dazed because he was too anxious. Because when he walked here with Little Hei, he clearly didn’t see such a spirit herb on the ground. Shen Shi subconsciously rubbed his eyes, only to discover that there was actually such a spirit herb in front of him.

Red leaves and white flowers, one foot tall.

Shen Shi grabbed it and opened his eyes wide to take a closer look. However, a moment later, he frowned and sighed softly. This spiritual herb was called Lianfeng Grass. It was not low in grade and ranked among the second grade spiritual herbs. Its value was not cheap, but it had no detoxifying effect. At least, it was useless against Little Hei’s injuries.

In this world, was it really impossible for him to be as lucky as a pie falling from the sky?

Shen Shi was at a loss in his heart. He touched Little Hei’s head and said, “Lie down properly. I’ll help you find some spiritual herbs.” I could see a single spiritual herb on the ground just now, but it didn’t have any detoxifying effect. Perhaps, this forest is really a blessed place where spiritual energy gathers. There are countless spiritual herbs … “As he spoke, his voice gradually lowered, and even he himself didn’t believe those words.

With a miserable smile, Shen Shi stood up. At this moment, Little Hei snorted and looked like he was angry.

However, right at this moment, Shen Shi’s body suddenly trembled. His eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at the ground. He saw another spiritual herb appear in the same place just now.

Like a ghost, another spiritual herb appeared in front of his eyes.

Shen Shi slowly opened his mouth wide. He stared at the ground in astonishment and subconsciously glanced at his hand. He saw that even the wind grass was still lying in his palm. On the ground, there was clearly another spirit grass. The Six-Leaved Yellow Fruit was a Tier 1 spirit grass called the Copper Yang Fruit.

The Copper Sun Fruit was a rare spiritual herb, and it wasn’t very useful. It was only used in an ordinary pill recipe, and it could be replaced at any time. It also didn’t have any detoxifying effects, but … but that wasn’t the point!

Shen Shi picked up Little Hei and stared at the ground on which he was lying with his eyes wide open. He only saw that the ground was flat and there was nothing unusual about it. No matter what, it did not seem like a place where spiritual herbs could suddenly appear.

But where did these two herbs come from?

Shen Shi was stunned for a moment, and his gaze finally fell on Little Hei in his hand.

“Is that you, Little Hei?” He said in an incredulous tone, even his voice trembling. “Did you take out these spirit herbs?”

Little Black seemed to have lost even the strength to nod in his arms. After a while, he let out an extremely weak humph.

Shen Shi was ecstatic. He almost knelt on the ground. He immediately put Xiao Hei back on the ground and said repeatedly, “Hurry, hurry, bring out those spirit herbs. Those two spirit herbs just now are useless and have no antidote.”

Little Hei crouched on the ground and moved slightly. He could only hear the young master beside him saying excitedly,

‘”Right, don’t take those useless herbs. Quickly find out if there are any spirit herbs that can detoxify the poison, such as the Yin Removing Vine and Phoenix Blood Lotus. Uh, if there’s a Profound Flame Fruit, it’s the best. If there’s none of this, I’ll think about it. Oh, why don’t we take a look … Oh right, the Poison Expanding Flower, the Poison Expanding Flower is also fine!”

Little Hei lay on the ground blankly, motionless, as if there was only one last breath left. Shen Shi waited for a while with hope, but he discovered that no spiritual herbs had appeared on the ground. He was shocked and said in an astringent voice, “No, none of them … Uh, no, you don’t know what these spirit herbs look like, do you?”

Xiao Hei nodded slightly.

Shen Shi was overjoyed. He hurriedly leaned over and whispered to Xiao Hei, “Take a look, take a closer look. The Yin expelling vine is a spiritual herb that grows in a damp place. Its branches and leaves are withered yellow and have a faint stench. The Phoenix Blood Lotus is a white petal lotus with a bright red color. It is shaped like phoenix blood and has a profound flame fruit …”

Shen Shi spoke to Little Hei skillfully without any pause. He didn’t know if Little Hei understood or if he had reached the point of exhaustion. He had been lying on the ground motionlessly.

When Shen Shi finally finished speaking, he looked at Xiao Hei hopefully in his heart, only to see that Xiao Hei had been lying there without any changes around him.

There were no spiritual herbs, nothing.

He waited and waited, as if a ball of flames was burning in his heart. It was as if he could not help but cry out madly in the next moment. The hope was faintly not far ahead, but the line of life and death was also right in front of him.

Is it life or death?

His heart had already reached his throat and eyes, and he even subconsciously held his breath.

Such silence, the forest was silent, only a gust of mountain wind blew by.

The grass swayed slightly and brushed past Little Hei’s body. Its head seemed to have sensed something, and after drooping for a long time, it trembled slightly.

A spirit herb formed a spirit fruit on it, and its color was golden like a ball of flames. Almost at the moment it suddenly appeared, an extremely dense scorching aura pounced on its face.

Shen Shi’s body trembled, and ecstasy flashed across his eyes. He grabbed the spiritual herb, and even his voice trembled slightly. He said, “Profound Flame Fruit! It is indeed the Profound Flame Fruit …”